Anyone know if the ferret-badgers are back on show?
Anyone know if the ferret-badgers are back on show?
The path towards polar bear enclosure is still closed due to unstable terrain and will remain closed for whole year 2024. That means polar bears are invisible for visitors (the zoo has just 0,1 Cora).
Also Stellers sea eagles (last animal) left for Liberec because their aviary was damaged by the collapsing slope. Construction of a new eagle aviary (near tahrs) is in plans and the species should return in future.
New bird species recent arrivals:
1.1 European turtle dove arrived from Germany and Netherlands and the pair is on show
0.1 Eurasian hoopoe - probably backstage till spring 2024
0.1 Eurasian golden oriole - probably backstage till spring 2024
1.1 Eurasian stone-curlews arrived from Opole and Warszawa
1.1 Mikado pheasant - on show
1.1 Mrs. Hume's pheasant - on show
x azure-winged magpie - on show
0.0.1 demoiselle crane - on show
0.0.4 jungle myna - kept backstage - those were captured in Brno city with unknown origin
Honestly I feel unsure about correct translation of species name "majna hnědá". This Czech name is used for junge myna (Acridotheres fuscus) thus I used it. The press release has unfortunately no myna pic for identification.
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Also Stellers sea eagles (last animal) left for Liberec because their aviary was damaged by the collapsing slope. Construction of a new eagle aviary (near tahrs) is in plans and the species should return in future.
New bird species recent arrivals:
1.1 European turtle dove arrived from Germany and Netherlands and the pair is on show
0.1 Eurasian hoopoe - probably backstage till spring 2024
0.1 Eurasian golden oriole - probably backstage till spring 2024
1.1 Eurasian stone-curlews arrived from Opole and Warszawa
1.1 Mikado pheasant - on show
1.1 Mrs. Hume's pheasant - on show
x azure-winged magpie - on show
0.0.1 demoiselle crane - on show
0.0.4 jungle myna - kept backstage - those were captured in Brno city with unknown origin
Honestly I feel unsure about correct translation of species name "majna hnědá". This Czech name is used for junge myna (Acridotheres fuscus) thus I used it. The press release has unfortunately no myna pic for identification.
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JurassicMax
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They uploaded a pic. Is this a jungle myna? And what subspecies?
According to Google Lens, this is a Jungle myna. I am not sure about the subspecies status.
JurassicMax
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At the end of last year the pair of Black and white ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata variegata) were send to Luxeumbourg. Zoo Brno received a new female from Zoo Magdeburg and a new male from Zoo Ústí nad Labem.
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Instagram of Brno Zoo (12/01/2024)
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Instagram of Brno Zoo (12/01/2024)
A group of 5 freshwater rays (Plesiotrygon nana) were sent to Afrykarium Wroclaw.
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The mismanaged upgrade of chimpansee enclosure has reached next stage. The Brno municipality decided that chimpansees wont return to the zoo at all. The enclosure will be rebuilt for following species instead: gelada group (outside), in house - hyrax, snake tank, jellyfish tank, small mammal enclosure, night section. And the old cage gets hornbills and tortoises.
It will cost another 1,2 mio eur and will take 2 years of construction time.
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The mismanaged upgrade of chimpansee enclosure has reached next stage. The Brno municipality decided that chimpansees wont return to the zoo at all. The enclosure will be rebuilt for following species instead: gelada group (outside), in house - hyrax, snake tank, jellyfish tank, small mammal enclosure, night section. And the old cage gets hornbills and tortoises.
It will cost another 1,2 mio eur and will take 2 years of construction time.
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JurassicMax
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In January 3 Maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) were born, the first pupps in 8 years!
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Instagram of Zoo Brno (22/02/2024)
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Instagram of Zoo Brno (22/02/2024)
Brno´s got 2.2 great white pelicans today. They will live in the former fur seal pool (it sits currently empty).
The pelicans are on loan from zoo Hluboka - where their aviary got destroyed by snow and the zoo also builds a new winter house for them. The birds will return home once Hluboka´s exhibit is ready to house them again.
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The pelicans are on loan from zoo Hluboka - where their aviary got destroyed by snow and the zoo also builds a new winter house for them. The birds will return home once Hluboka´s exhibit is ready to house them again.
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Fish keepers have bred Bowman's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia bowmani). Its fry (1 cm) is kept in a tank backstage.
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I could ask why zoo staff bothers with a species that is bred at local ornamental fish farms. But I´m glad instead that zoo keepers are able to achieve good husbandry quality even for its "common" stock inside on-show aquaria.
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I could ask why zoo staff bothers with a species that is bred at local ornamental fish farms. But I´m glad instead that zoo keepers are able to achieve good husbandry quality even for its "common" stock inside on-show aquaria.
In all fairness, I am not too upset about this change of heart ..., even though the chimp upgrade was absolutely mismanaged. Renovating the site and building a House for geladas, nocturnal animals indoors and both turtles / tortoises and hornbills in an outside aviary next to an outdoor for a large group of gelada seems like an attractive new exhibition for this corner of ZZ Brno.
Any plans available for the new building and outdoor enclosures?
What is to happen to the Brno Hill debacle they experienced last year that put the updating and rebuilding this area with very ambitious plans on hold? Any progress there ... @Jana?
I wonder what will happen to the chimpanzees temporarily sent on loan to Hodonin Zoo. i know that Hodonin maintains the 2 groups separate given that both have established males ... and the second group of 1.2 from Brno Zoo would go back once the chimp renovation project would be complete. Where will these 3 individuals go next?
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I have no info regarding upgrades at the zoo (with exception of the chimp house - and here I dont know any skizza or similar).
Hodonin lost its male chimp as well as their dominant female some time ago (they died). Few weeks back, both groups (aka 1,2 from Brno and 0,2 of the remaining Hodonin group) got united into one group and there are no immediate plans to send any away. There is some infighting in this new group but hopefully it will die down with time.
Are you sure that you got the species right? Quick googling shows hardly any M.bowmani for sale...
Well and even if you are right, given they are CR and non-existent in zoos, it's still good to breed them, even if it would be only a stepping stone for harder species as you said.
A litter of 5 American beavers has been born.
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The zoo has put the new pair of fishing cat on show. (Their cage has been nicely planted, see the linked video). The female is very shy but the male goes outside frequently.
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Brno received a pair of fishing cats from zoo Na Hradecku earlier this year. It´s a young pair that will hopefully breed. The female originaly arrived from Sri Lanka and is a potential founder for the EEP.
The EEP population is in bad shape recently, with aged population and most females post-reproductive. That is result of little interest by zoos in this species and thus the program regulated breeding so tightly (for space) for years that is was too much. I saw lecture by EAZA population population biologist last year and she used fishing cat as an example of species we might lose from local zoos. link
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The zoo has put the new pair of fishing cat on show. (Their cage has been nicely planted, see the linked video). The female is very shy but the male goes outside frequently.
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Brno received a pair of fishing cats from zoo Na Hradecku earlier this year. It´s a young pair that will hopefully breed. The female originaly arrived from Sri Lanka and is a potential founder for the EEP.
The EEP population is in bad shape recently, with aged population and most females post-reproductive. That is result of little interest by zoos in this species and thus the program regulated breeding so tightly (for space) for years that is was too much. I saw lecture by EAZA population population biologist last year and she used fishing cat as an example of species we might lose from local zoos. link
The zoo has bred Chilean tinamou. It has 3 chicks (hand-reared).
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Brno received two pairs from Stuttgart in 2021. They laid many eggs but they were all unfertile. And then additional male arrived from private breeder last year.
The last time any Czech zoo bred chicks of this species was Prague in 1986.
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Brno received two pairs from Stuttgart in 2021. They laid many eggs but they were all unfertile. And then additional male arrived from private breeder last year.
The last time any Czech zoo bred chicks of this species was Prague in 1986.
The male margay cub born on 14th of August got its first health check by a vet - and we got cute pics out of it!
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Local media reported on investment plans of the city - a new zoo car park (with 290 lots) and a new entrance bulding for the zoo including a new restaurant (on southwestern edge of the areal, near polar bears). I would applaud here but then I saw the planned sum of almost 10 mio euro and call me sceptic but I don´t believe it will happen within next decade (or two). The city even mentions a new penguin exhibit for the zoo - but doesnt give any sum thus it definitely is not anywhere near inclusion into annual city budget. Another dream castle, I guess.
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Local media reported on investment plans of the city - a new zoo car park (with 290 lots) and a new entrance bulding for the zoo including a new restaurant (on southwestern edge of the areal, near polar bears). I would applaud here but then I saw the planned sum of almost 10 mio euro and call me sceptic but I don´t believe it will happen within next decade (or two). The city even mentions a new penguin exhibit for the zoo - but doesnt give any sum thus it definitely is not anywhere near inclusion into annual city budget. Another dream castle, I guess.
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muskox2262
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Leopards are no longer in the zoo?
Those peafowl are pure subspecies - Indochinese green peafowl (Pavo muticus imperator) obtained from a bird farm.
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According to ZTL, the only other European zoo that keeps this subspecies currently is Bojnice.